Overview
Contribute to developing and administering projects for the water and urban development sector by providing technical and operational support, and inputs to project design and scoping, portfolio management, and project processing activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead or contribute to sector assessment, project or program design and portfolio management activities.
- Manage existing projects on the ground.
- Prepare or clear consolidated and analytical portfolio management reports.
- Ensure that necessary actions are being taken by the concerned Technical International (TI) and local staff without delay.
- Provide any stop gap support as necessary.
- Improve and analyze sector portfolio performance, project administration, and provide guidance to other members of the team.
- Closely coordinate with WUD and other sector colleagues on project design and project administration matters across the sector office.
- Lead or contribute to the analysis and review of mission reports, memorandum of understandings and aide memoires, progress reports, and other available project performance indexes on a regular basis and ensure quality.
- Conduct special loan/TA review missions, and prepare country portfolio review missions and tripartite portfolio review meetings.
- Contribute to addressing project administration red flags for corrective actions.
- Monitor and review the accuracy and consistency of data to ensure the quality of individual Project Performance Report, monitors, and analyzes the team's projection and performance on contract awards/disbursement, project completion report/technical assistance completion report programs, and makes recommendations to achieve targets, when necessary.
- Prepare portfolio analysis reports for effective communication both internally and externally.
- Review and ensure the quality of the loan, grant, and/or TA processing and administration documents in the team/division, in accordance with the latest requirements, templates, and guidelines in ADB, for approval of the TI staff and Director.
- Coordinate and provide inputs and feedback to sector office initiatives in project administration, reflecting the operational issues and experience from the team and executing agencies (EAs)/implementing agencies to ensure system improvement leads to more efficient portfolio outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with the checklist on use of no objection procedure for loan, grants, guarantees, multitranche financing facility, policy-based lending, results-based lending, or any other newly introduced instrument's quality.
- Lead or contribute to project administration tasks for assigned loans and TAs, especially in procurement and other project administration actions, and provides guidance to EAs on ADB's procurement guidelines and policies.
- Lead or participate in project inception, review, mid-term review, special loan administration missions, and project completion review missions, as required.
- Provide guidance to project processing staff in the preparation of project reports, Report and Recommendation of the President, and linked documents.
- Support project processing missions in designing project implementation arrangements, including procurement/disbursement procedures and project management set up, and review of financing plans.
- Lead or contribute to the preparation of annual portfolio management program (i.e., consolidates and prioritizes required project supervision missions), assesses resource implications, and monitors achievement of program.
- Working closely with the Director, lead or contribute to the preparation of work program and budget resource requirements, based on the Three-Year Rolling Work Program and Budget Framework and its related annual/mid-year budget estimates, and monitor budget utilization.
- Monitor progress and issues in budget utilization for efficient and effective resource use and ensure that deviations are properly accounted for and justified.
- Perform other duties that may be assigned as reflected in the incumbent's workplan.
Required Experience
- At least 8 years' relevant professional experience in project development, project processing or administration.
- Field-based experience is desired.
- Two years of relevant experience outside ADB within the past five years is required.
- Years as an ADB-engaged consultant or contractor are considered experience outside of ADB.
- Comprehensive knowledge of MDB's or bilateral development partners' operational processes and administration guidelines.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, water management, urban development or planning, economics, development studies, business administration, or other related fields, preferably with advanced training.
